Saturday, 22 July 2017

Government
has sanctioned construction of 1,98,881 Dwelling Units (DUs)
for the
Married Military officers / soldiers. Apart from construction
of DUs,
hiring of houses is also undertaken for Defence personnel to
meet the
deficiency of housing. In addition, Service personnel are
authorized to
House Rent Allowance (HRA) / Compensation in Lieu of Quarter
(CILQ) /
Family Accommodation Allowance (FAA).
Married Accommodation
Project (MAP) was approved in 2002 for providing 1,98,881
Dwelling Units
(DUs) to serving defence personnel. Under this project DUs
with
improved specifications are being constructed. Besides, under
Annual
Major Works Programme (AMWP) residential accommodation
projects are
undertaken as per special needs from time to time.

Phase-I
comprising 57875 DUs has been completed. Out of 69904 DUs
meant for
Phase-II, 38811 DUs have been constructed & balance 31093
DUs are
under construction. Balance 71102 DUs are planned for phase-
III
projects. Provision exists for construction of Field Area
Family
Accommodation (FAFA) in peace stations for the families of
Officers /
soldiers serving in field areas. In view of shortfall of FAFA
accommodations, Defence Personnel are provided HRA / CILQ /
FAA at the
rate of selected place of residence of family.

This information
was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre
in a
written reply to Shri Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel in Lok
Sabha
today.

Pension of pre-2006
retired Junior Commissioned Officers/ Other Ranks (JCOs /
ORs) have been
assessed on the basis of rank continuously held for 10
months or more.
However, protection of minimum of fitment table under 6th Pay
Commission
for the last rank held has been provided.

A Junior Warrant
Officer (JWO) who has not served for 10 months or more
continuously in
the rank is entitled to receive initial pension in the rank
of Sergeant.
However, where the revised pension as on 01.07.2014 worked
out in terms
of OROP order, happens to be less than the existing pension
as on
01.07.2014, the pension has not been revised to the
disadvantage of the
pensioner.

Further, the issue whether in the case of JCOs / ORs,
the pension is to be paid on the basis of the last rank held
instead of
last rank pensioned under OROP was referred to the Judicial
Committee on
OROP. The Committee has submitted its report to the Ministry
which is
under examination.

This information was given by Minister of State
for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Dr. P.
Venugopal
in Lok Sabha today.

Benefits
of Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity to the Central
Government
employees covered by New Defined Contribution Pension System
(National
Pension System) has been extended vide Govt. of India,
Ministry of PPG
& P, Deptt. of P&PW in their O.M. No. 7/5/2012-
P&PW (F)/B
dated 26.08.2016 (copy enclosed)on the same terms and
conditions as are
applicable to employees covered by Central Civil Service
(Pension)
Rules, 1972. The Ministry has further clarified vide
O.M.No.28/03/2017-P&PW(B) dt. 18/05/2017, that CCS
(Pension) Rules,
1972 are otherwise not applicable to the Central Government
employees
covered under NPS. Hence, they would obviously not be
eligible for
Service Gratuity or Pension under the CCS (Pension) Rules.

2. The
phrase 'terms and condition' in the ibid O.M. dated
26.08.2016 refers to
the requirement of qualifying service, the rates on which
retirement
gratuity is to be paid, the limit of amount of gratuity,
nominations,
disciplinary provisions, etc. in the CCS(Pension) Rules. All
these
condition would be equally applicable for grant of gratuity
to employees
covered under NPS. The decision to extend retirement
gratuity and death
gratuity vide the O.M. dated 26.08.2016 is absolute and not
provisional. Separate rules on gratuity for Central
Government employees
under NPS would be framed in due course.
3. Now, it has been
decided that to submit the claims of above beneficiaries for
Retirment
Gratuity and Death Gratuity, the following procedures shall
be adopted
by HOO and Pay Audit Controllers:-

i. H.O.O. will
prepare a claim in case of NPS beneficiaries going to retire
in
accordance with the procedure as prescribed for Defence
Civilian
Personnel appointed before 01.01.2004 and will submit the
same along
with service boom and all the relevant documents (Which is
required in
case of pre 01.01.2004 Cases) to PAO concerned i.e.LAO/RAO.
The
Permanent Retirement account No. (PRAN) of the concerned
Government
Servant Allotted by National Security Depository limited
(NSDL) will
also be indicated. In cases where PRAN has not been allotted
by NSDL to a
NPS subscriber being non-effecting account as on 0104.2008,
permanent
pension account No.(PPAN) allotted to subscriber will be
indicated.

ii.
PAO will carry all necessary checks with reference to the
entries in
service book and as admissible under the OM No.38/41/06
P&PW (A)
dated 05.05.2009 (already circulated under this office
circular no.79
dt. 29-10-2010) to ensure that entries made in claim are in
as per
records in the service book of the individual. After signing
and
affixing the seal, the PAO concerned i.e.LAO/RAO will pass on
the claim
to the PCDA(P) Allahabad. The service book will be returned
by PAO to
HOO concerned.

iii.HOO will also maintain a separate register for
recording entries for PRAN /PPAN No., Name of Government
Servant, PPO
No. and awards notified.
iv. On receipt of PPO from PCDA(P)
Allahabad, HOO will check the same and after recording the
entries in
the register retransmit PDA's copy to PDA, Pensioner copy to
Pensioner
and retain
HOO copy for their own record.

v. Other procedures prescribed for pre 01-01-2004 pensioner
will also be followed by the HOO in case of NPS
beneficiaries.

4.
In view of the foregoing, you also are requested to issue
suitable
instructions (along with copy of this circular) to all the
Head of
Offices under your administrative control to ensure that
claim on the
subject matter henceforth are floated in accordance with
instructions
given in above Para.

Extension of CGHS facilities to the pensioners of
post and Telegraph Department

No.S-11016/2/2015-CGHS(P)/EHS
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of
Health & Family Welfare
CGHS(P)/EHS

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi 110011
Dated the 19th July,
2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Extension of CGHS facilities to the
pensioners of post and Telegraph Department

With
reference to the above mentioned subject the undersigned is
directed to
draw attention the Memorandum No.S-11011/46/95-CGHS D-
II/CGHS(P) dated
1st August 1996 and state it has now been decided to revoke
OM dated
1.8.1996, in compliance of the Orders of Hon’ble
Central Administrative
Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench dated 12th July 2005 in
O.A.N0. 563/2004 and
590/2004 and dated 01.06.2017 in C.P/180/21/2017 arising aut
of OA
No.180/563/2004 between Central Government Pensioners’
Association
(Kerala) and Ors. Vs UOI & Others.

2. The retired employees of
Post and Telegraph Department shall hereinafter, be entitled
to the
CGHS facility, irrespective of whether they were members of
CGHS prior
to retirement or not, subject to the payment Of
prevalent subscription
for availing themselves of this facility as per rules
as in the case of
other Central Government pensioners.

The
Government has received proposal to make Patriots Day,
observed on 13th
August, and Ningol Chakkouba, which coincides with Bhai Duj,
as
restricted holidays and include them in the National
Calendar.
As
per existing policy, the Central Government administrative
offices
observe 17 holidays in a year. Out of these 17 holidays, 14
are
pre-notified, compulsory holidays, which include three
National
holidays, namely, Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma
Gandhi's
birthday. The remaining three holidays are required to be
selected, by
the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination
Committee
(CGEWCC), functioning in respective states, from another list
of 12
occasions. In addition, individual employees are allowed two
restricted
holidays in a year to be selected from a notified list of
such
Restricted Holidays.

In view of the ceiling on the total number of
holidays that can be declared in a year by the Government,
it has not
been found possible to declare additional Restricted Holiday
for the
above occasions.
As per policy, the Central Government Employees
Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals choose
three
holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance.
The
Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up
separate list
of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local
importance.

This was stated by the Minister of State (Independent
Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS
PMO,
Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr.
Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri K.
Bhabananda
Singh in the Rajya Sabha today.

As
per extant instructions, Ministries and Departments can
recruit
meritorious sportspersons to Group 'C' posts under the
Government of
India up to 5% of the vacancies in any year subject to the
condition
that these including all other reservations do not exceed 50%
of the
total number of vacancies proposed to be filled up by direct
recruitment.

Consolidated instructions on incentives for
sportspersons including recruitment under sports quota have
been issued
vide Department of Personnel and Training's OM No
14034/01/2013-Estt.(D)
dated 3rd October 2013. At present no proposal to increase
the quota is
under consideration of the Government.

Department of Personnel
and Training (DoPT) lays down the policy for recruitment of
meritorious
sportspersons which is implemented by the administrative
Ministries/Departments. The details regarding number of
sportspersons
recruited by various Ministries/Departments are not Centrally
maintained.

As per extant instructions 43 sports disciplines have
been identified for appointment of meritorious sportspersons.
These
instructions inter alia provide relaxation in upper age limit
upto a
maximum of 5 years (10 years in case of those belonging to
Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes) for the recruitment of
meritorious
sportspersons to Group 'C' posts. Government servants with
medal winning
performance in specified sports events are also eligible for
out of
turn promotion.

This was stated by the Minister of State
(Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region
(DoNER),
MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic
Energy and
Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by
Shri
Parimal Nathwani in the Rajya Sabha today.

The Minister
of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel
said in the
Lok Sabha today that as sports is a State subject, the
primary
responsibility for promoting sports including encouraging
sports among
students at primary and higher secondary school level is that
of States.
However, Department of Sports and the Sports Authority of
India
supplement the efforts of the States. School Games Federation
of India
(SGFI) and Association of Indian Universities (AIU) have been
recognized
by the Government of India as National Sports Promotion
Organizations
(NSPOs) and are eligible for the same level of assistance as
are
available to National Sports Federations (NSFs).

In a written
reply he said, Ministry of Human Resource Development has,
inter-alia,
intimated that as per the National Curriculum Framework
(NCF), 2005,
Health and Physical Education is a compulsory subject upto X
Class and
optional subject at Higher Secondary Stage. Health and
Physical
Education includes age appropriate games and sports including
athletics,
swimming and gymnastics. National Curriculum also focuses
that to
transact this areas effectively, it is essential that minimum
physical
space and equipment's are available in every school.

Further, the
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act,
2009, has
been enacted, making elementary education a Fundamental
Right, which,
inter alia, provides for

(i) a playground for each school;
(ii) A part time instructor for physical education in upper
primary schools;
(iii) Supply of play material, games and sports equipment, as
required, to schools.

In
terms of the provisions of the RTE Act, no school shall be
established
or recognized unless it fulfils the norms specified in the
Schedule
attached to the Act.

A Scheme called "Khelo India - National
Programme for Development of Sports" is being implemented by
this
Ministry as a Central Sector Scheme from the current
financial year
2016-17. This Scheme, inter-alia, provides for holding of
annual sports
competitions in respect of priority and popular sports in two
age groups
of (i) under 14 and (ii) under 17 all over India to
encourage mass
participation of both boys and girls in Sports in both urban
and rural
areas including schools and identification of talented
sportspersons.
However, there is no proposal to implement schemes like
'slum-running'
from district level to state level as of now.
Further, to promote
various sports in the country apart from athletics, Sports
Authority of
India (SAI) is implementing the following Sports Promotional
Schemes to
identify talented sports person in the age group of 8-25
years and
nurture them to excel at National and International level
competition:

The
Central Staffing Scheme (CSS), which is in operation for
decades,
provides a systematic arrangement for selection and
appointment of
eligible officers from the participating services at the
level of Deputy
Secretary, Director, Joint Secretary, Additional Secretary
and
Secretary in the Central Government. The appointment of
officers from
the participating services at the Centre is an ongoing
process, which
includes shift/elevation of officers from one
Ministry/Department to
another, due to empanelment, on administrative grounds, etc.
During the
last three years, 798 IAS officers and 578 Non-IAS officers
were
appointed under the CSS. 21 officers of the All India
Services from
Jharkhand cadre have been appointed during this period under
the CSS.

To
encourage officers from participating services, including
the IAS, to
come on CSS, circulars are issued twice a year requesting all
cadre
authorities to nominate eligible officers for deputation.
Therein it is
indicated that the movement of officers from State level to
the Centre
and back helps in building up capabilities at the State level
and
contributing towards developing national perspectives at the
decision-making levels in the Government of India.
Furthermore, for
Foreign/Captive post circulated by DoPT, experience of 2
years under CSS
is mandatory. For consideration for Additional Secretary
level
empanelment, officers should have worked for at least 3 years
under the
CSS.

This was stated by the Minister of State (Independent Charge)
for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO,
Personnel,
Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr.
Jitendra Singh
in a written reply to a question by Shri Sanjiv Kumar in the
Rajya
Sabha today.

Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours - Purchase
of air ticket from authorized agent - DoE Orders

No.19024/22/2017-E.IVGovernment of IndiaMinistry
of FinanceDepartment of
Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 19th July, 2017

Office Memorandum

Subject: Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours -
Purchase of air ticket from authorized agent.

The
undersigned is directed to refer to this Departments’ OM.
No.19024/1/2005-E.IV dated 24.03.2006, OM. No.19024/1/2009-
E.IV dated
16.09.2010 and OM. No.19024/1/2012-E.IV dated 09.07.2013
regarding
guidelines on Air travel. As per these guidelines, in all
cases of Air
Travel where the Government of India bears the cost of air
passage, Air
Tickets may be purchased directly from Airlines (at Booking
counters/office/website of Airlines) and if needed, by
utilizing the
services of three Authorized Travel Agents viz. M/s Balmer
Lawrie &
Company Limited (BLCL), M/s Ashok Travels & Tours (ATT)
and Indian
Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC).

2. This
Department is receiving a large number of proposals from
various
Ministries/Departments seeking ex-post-facto relaxation of
the
prescribed procedure for purchase of air tickets from
authorized travel
agents only.

3. The matter has been reconsidered in this Department. All
Ministries/Departments are again directed to:

(i)
Ensure strict compliance of extant guidelines for purchase
of air
ticket directly from Airlines (at Booking
counters/office/Website of
Airlines) or from three authorized Travel Agents viz. M/s
Balmer Lawrie
& Company Limited, M/s Ashok Travels & Tours and
IRCTC only by
all officials/offices under their control. Henceforth
relaxation on
account of ignorance/unawareness of these guidelines will not
be
considered by this Department.

ii) In case of non-availability of
authorized agent at a particular place, ticket may be booked
from
website of Airlines or web portal of Balmer Lawrie &
Company Ltd.,
M/s Ashok Travels & Tours and lRCTC.

iii) In respect of
Non-officials of Committees/Boards/Panels, the concerned
Ministry/Department have to mention in the meeting notice
that the
Non-official Member has to purchase the ticket from
authorized travel
agent only otherwise his claim will not be settled by that
Ministry/Department.

iv) All Ministries/Departments of the
Government of India, etc. have to widely circulate this OM.
in all
offices including attached/subordinate offices/ autonomous
bodies under
their control with specific instructions to Heads of
Departments
concerned for strict compliance of these guidelines. Non-
compliance of
these guidelines by Ministries/Departments will be treated as
lapse on
the part of the concerned Ministry/Department.

No.28/1/2017-E.II(B)Government of IndiaMinistry
of FinanceDepartment of
Expenditure

New Delhi, the 19th July. 2017.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Implementation
of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission -
Additional HRA
for civilian employees of the Central Government serving in
the States
of North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
Lakshadweep
Islands and Ladakh.

Consequent upon revision of the rates
of HRA granted to the Central Government employees on
implementation of
the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission vide O.M.
No.
2/5/2017 E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017, in modification of this
Ministry's
O.M. No. 11016/1/E.II(B)/84 dated 29.03.1984 and GM. No.
2(19)/E.II(B)/2008 dated 02.01.2009 on the subject mentioned
above,
additional HRA shall be granted to the civilian employees of
the Central
Government posted to States of North Eastern Region, Andaman
&
Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands and Ladakh, who leave
their
families behind at “their old duty station at revised rates
as per OM.
No. 27512017-E.II(B], dated 07.07.2017.

2. These orders, will not
be applicable to such employees who were transferred out, of
North
Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep
Islands
and Ladakh before 1 7.2017.

3. These orders shall take effect from 1st July, 2017.

4.
These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid
from the
Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure will be
chargeable to the
relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates. In regard
to Armed
Forces personnel and Railway employees, Separate orders will
be issued
by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways,
respectively.

5.
In so far as the employees working in the Indian Audit and
Accounts
Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the
concurrence
of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Hindi version is attached.

sd/-
(Annie George Mathew)
Joint Secretary to the
Government of India.

Consequent
upon the acceptance of the recommendation of the Seventh
Central Pay
Commission and in supersession of this Department OM No.
19039/2/2008-E.IV, dated 23rd September, 2008 the President
is pleased
to revise the rates of Fixed Conveyance Allowance admissible
under SR-25
to Central Government employees as indicated below:

Average Monthly Travel on Official
Duty

For Journey by Own Motor Car

For Journeys by other Modes of
Conveyance

201-300 km

1680

556

301-450 km

2520

720

451-600 km

2980

960

601-800 km

3646

1126

>800 km

4500

1276

2.
These rates shall automatically increase by 25% whenever the
Dearness
Allowance payable on the revised pay structure goes up by
50%.

Consequent
upon the acceptance of the recommendations of Seventh
Central Pay
Commission, in supersession of the existing orders for grant
of Special
Compensatory Allowances viz. Special Compensatory (Remote
Locality)
Allowance, Bad Climate Allowance, Special Compensatory
Scheduled/Tribal
Area Allowance and Sunderban Allowance which have been
subsumed in Tough
Location Allowance, the President is pleased to decide the
rates of
these Special Compensatory Allowances (subsumed in Tough
Location
Allowance) to Central Government employees as under :

2.These
rates shall increase by 25 per cent whenever the Dearness
Allowance
payable on the revised pay structure goes up by 50 per
cent.

3.The term 'Pay Level’ in the revised pay structure means the
'Level in the Pay Matrix.

4.In
respect of those employees who opt to continue in their
pre-revised pay
structure/Pay scales, the corresponding Level in the Pay
Matrix of the
post occupied on 01.01.2016 as indicated in GCS (Revised Pay)
Rules,
2016 would determine the allowance under these orders.

6.Scheduled/Tribal Area
Allowance and Bad Climate Allowance categorised as Tough
'Location
Allowance-III shall be admissible only in those States where
Scheduled/Tribal Area Allowance and Bad Climate :Allowance
are
admissible and shall be discontinued in those States where it
has been
discontinued for the State Government employees with effect
from the
date(s) of such discontinuance.

7.In the event of a place falling In more than one category,
the higher rate of Tough Location Allowance will be
applicable.

8.Tough
Location Allowances shall not be admissible along with
Special Duty
Allowance. However, employees have the option for continuing
Special
Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance at old rates of 6th
CPC, where
it was admissible, along with Special Duty Allowance at
revised rate of
10% of Basic Pay,

9 Employees may exercise their option to choose
either Hard Area Allowance which is admissible alongwith
Island Special
Duty Allowance or one of the Special Compensatory Allowance,
subsumed
under Tough Location Allowance as mentioned in Para 1
above,

10.These orders take effect from 1st July, 2017.

11.These
orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from
the Defence
Services Estimates and the expenditure will be chargeable to
the
relevant head of. the Defence Services Estimates. In regard
to Armed
Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will
be issued
by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways,
respectively.

12.In
so far as the employees working in the Indian Audit and
Accounts
Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the
concurrence
of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Consequent
upon the acceptance of the recommendations of Seventh
Central Pay
Commission by the Government, the President, is pleased to
decide that,
in modification of this Ministry's -O.M. No.20011/5/73-E.II
(B)
dated.17.01.1975 as amended from time to time and OM.
No.6(3)/2008-E.II(B) dated 29.08.2008 on the subject
mentioned above,
the Central Government employees shall be paid Project
Allowance, which
has been covered in the Risk/Hardship Matrix, at the
following revised
rates:-

Level in Pay Matrix

Cell Name

Rate per month(Rs.)

Level 9 and above

R3H2

3400

Level 8 and below

R3H2

2,700

3. The term 'Pay Level' in the revised pay structure means
the 'Level in the Pay Matrix.

4.
In respect of those employees who opt to continue in their
pre-revised
pay- structure, corresponding Grade Pay in the prescribed pay
band as
indicated in CCS(Revised) Pay) Rules, 2016 would determine
the allowance
under these orders.

5. These rates shall increase by 25 per cent
whenever the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay
structure
goes up by 50 per cent.

6. All other terms and conditions governing the grant of this
allowance shall remain unchanged.

7 These orders shall take effect from 1st July,
2017.

8.
These orders shall also apply to the. civilian employees
paid from the
Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure will be
charge-able to
the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates in regard
to Armed
Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will
be issued
by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways,
respectively.

9.
In so far as the employees. working in the Indian Audit and
Accounts
Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the
concurrence
of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Subject: Grant of Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) to
the Central Government Pensioners residing in areas not
covered under CGHS.

The
undersigned is directed to say that at present Fixed Medical
Allowance
(FMA) is granted to the Central Government pensioners/family
pensioners
residing in areas not covered under Central Government Health
Scheme
administered by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
and
corresponding health schemes administered by other
Ministries/Departments for their retired employees for
meeting
expenditure on their day-to-day medical expenses that do not
require
hospitalization. Orders were issued vide this Department's
O.M. No.
4/25/2008-P&PW(D) dated 19-11-2014 for enhancement of the
amount of
Fixed Medical Allowance from Rs. 300/- to Rs. 500/- per month
w.e.f.
19.11.2014.

2. Consequent upon the decision taken by the
Government on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay
Commission on
Allowances (with modifications), sanction of the President is
hereby
conveyed for enhancement of the amount of Fixed Medical
Allowance from
Rs.500/- to Rs.1000/- per month. The other conditions for
grant of Fixed
Medical Allowance shall continue to be as contained in this
Department's OMs No.45/57/97-P&PW(C) dated 19.12.1997,
24.8.1998,
30.12.1998, 18.8.1999 and OM No.4/25/2008-P&PW(D) dated
19.11.2014.

3. These orders will take effect from 01.07.2017.

4.
In their application to the persons belonging to the Indian
Audit and
Accounts Department, these orders issue in consultation with
the
Comptroller and Auditor General of India vide their UO No.
169-Staff
(Rules)/A.R/Ol-2016 dated 18.07.2017.

5. These orders are issued
with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance (Deptt. of
Expenditure)
vide their OM No. 11-1/2016-IC dated 11.07.2017.

Subject: Revision
of pension of Pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners in implementation
of Government's decision on the recommendations of the 7th Central pay
Commission-Concordance tables- regarding.

The undersigned
is directed to refer to this Department's 0M. of even number dated
06.07.2017 on the above subject and to say that there is some error in
the entries relating to the pre-revised pay of Rs. 52090/- (6th CPC
Grade pay Rs.8700, 7th CPC Level 13)) in Table 43 and Table 44 enclosed
therewith.

2. It is requested that the existing Table 43 and Table
44 may be substituted by the enclosed Table 43 and Table 44,
respectively. The revised entries have been shown in bold letters.

(f) if not, the reasons therefor along with the
reasons for lowest hike in Pay Commission since last 70
years?

ANSWERMINISTER OF STATE IN
THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE(SHRI ARJUN
RAM MEGHWAL)

(a)
to (c): As per the established practice relating to
implementation of
earlier Central Pay Commission’s recommendations on
allowances, the
recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (7th
CPC) on
allowances have been implemented prospectively with effect
from
01.07.2017.

In view of significant departure from
the existing provisions relating to allowances as
recommended by the
7th CPC and representations received in this regard,
recommendations of
the 7th CPC on allowances were referred to a Committee by the
Government. After taking into account the recommendations of
the
Committee on Allowances which submitted its Report on
27.04.2017, the
recommendations were approved by the Government on
28.06.2017.

(d)
to (f): There is no proposal for revision of the date of
implementation
of recommendation on allowances. The hike is based on the
recommendation of the 7th CPC on allowances, which is
commensurate with
the rise in Dearness Allowance as has been mentioned by the
7th CPC at
Para 8.2.5 (4) of its Report.

Ministry
of Railways constituted a committee to examine the issues
related to
revision of hourly rates of Incentive Bonus and Bonus Factors
of
Workshops/PUs staff under CRJ Pattern/GIS.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIAMINISTRY
OF RAILWAYSRAILWAY
BOARD

No.ERB-1/2017/23/39

New Delhi, dated 06/07/2017

ORDER

Ministry
of Railways (Railway Board) have decided to constitute a
Committee to
examine the issues related to revision of hourly rates of
Incentive
Bonus and Bonus Factors of workshops/PUs staff under CRJ
Pattern/GIS.
The Committee will consist of the following:-

(i)
To examine, review, evolve and recommend changes that are
desirable and
feasible regarding the principles that should govern the
payment of
Incentive Bonus and Bonus Factors to Workshops/PUs staff
under CRJ
Pattern/GIS under 7th CPC revised pay structure in respect of
the
following categories of employees:-

3. The Committee should submit its report within six months
from the date of its construction.

4. The headquarters of the Committee will be at New Delhi.

5.
PC-VII Branch of Railway Board will be the nodal Branch for
functioning
of the Committee. Therefore, all related works/issues
including Parl.
Questions, RTI cases, their execution and other formalities
with regard
to the Committee should be dealt with by PC-VII Branch.

6. The Convener and Members of the Committee will draw TA/DA
as per extant rules.

Sir,
I am directed to refer to this department's letter of even
number dated the 21st June, 2017 on the above mentioned
subject (copy enclosed) seeking therein the comments of the
State Governments on the proposed amendments, inter-alia, (i)
Probation, (ii) Physical Fitness and (iii) Domain Expertise
training programme. The last date for obtaining comments in
this department was 2nd July, 2017.

2. However, it has now been decided with the approval of the
competent authority to extend the date for receipt of
comments from 2nd July, 2017 to 24th July, 2017. All the
State Governments are kindly requested to submit their
views/comments on the proposed amendments in IPS (Pay) Rules,
2016.

The recruitment to below
Board level posts in Central Public Sector Enterprises
(CPSEs) is done
by the Management of respective CPSEs and the details of
vacant posts in
CPSEs are not maintained centrally in the Department of
Public
Enterprises (DPE). However, as per Public Enterprises Survey
2015-16
which was laid on the Table of both the Houses of Parliament
on
21.03.2017, the representation of reserved / unreserved
categories of
employees in the operating CPSEs as on 31.3.2016 was as
under:

Total No. of Employees

Representation of SCs/STs/OBCs

Total Reservation (2+4+6)

Others

SCs No.

%

STs No.

%

OBCs No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1232161

214132

17.38

104888

8.51

205385

16.67

524405

42.56

707756

57.44

CPSEs
are under the administrative control of different
administrative
Ministries / Departments and the compliance of guidelines /
statutory
provisions in CPSEs including filling up of reserved posts is
monitored
by the concerned administrative Ministries / Departments and
Board of
these CPSEs. DPE has also issued instructions from time-to-
time to all
the administrative Ministries / Departments to advice the
CPSEs under
their administrative control to take steps to fill up the
unfilled /
backlog of reserved posts in accordance with the Government
instructions.

This information was given by Minister of State in
the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri
Babul
Supriyo in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha
today.

Government clarifies that accommodation in any hotel,
including 5-star hotels, having a declared tariff of a unit
of
accommodation of less than INR 7500 per unit per day, will
attract GST @
18% ; Star rating of hotels is, therefore, irrelevant for
determining
the applicable rate of GST.

Reports have been received
expressing doubts whether 5-star Hotels are liable to pay GST
@ 28%
irrespective of the declared tariff of a unit of
accommodation.

In
this context, it is hereby clarified that accommodation in
any hotel,
including 5-star hotels, having a declared tariff of a unit
of
accommodation of less than INR 7500 per unit per day, will
attract GST @
18%. Star rating of hotels is, therefore, irrelevant for
determining
the applicable rate of GST.

Disability:-
Rs. 7.5 Lakhs for 100 percent disability proportionately
reduced to Rs.1.5 lakhs for 20 % disability.
Ex-gratia Grant:- Rs. 50,000/- per cadet
being invalided out with less than 20% of disability in the
first two years of training and Rs. 1 lakh for cadets if
invalided out with less than 20% of disability during the
last year of training.

Preference in Employment in
the Government Jobs: Cadets who are invalidated out on
medical grounds attributable to military training are
accorded Priority-1 for the purpose of employment in
Government service.

The cadet consequent to his
injury is provided free medical treatment in Military
Hospital, Command Hospital and Research & Referral
Hospital, Delhi. The cadet is only invalidated out in the
medical board if he does not recover from the injury and is
found unfit for further military training with the aforesaid
treatment. The data on expenditure incurred on such treatment
is not maintained.

This information was given by
Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written
reply to Shri Parimal Nathwani in Rajya Sabha today.

G.S.R.882(E).
In exercise of powers conferred by the proviso of Article 309 of the
Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules in
amendment to the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 namely :

1. (1) These rules may be called Railway Services (Revised Pay) Amendment Rules, 2017.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2016.

2. In the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016,
(a) In rule 12, for the words "the date of notification of these rules", the following shall be substituted, namely:
"1st
January, 2016 and the same shall apply to the pay of officers coming on
deputation to posts in the Central Government which are not covered
under the Central Staffing Scheme.";
(b) In the Schedule, -
(i) for PART A, the following PART shall be substituted, namely;-

Pay Matrix

F.No.PC-VII/2017/RSRP/1)

R. K. VERMA, Secy.

Note:
The Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 were published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R. 746 (E), dated the
28th July, 2016.